“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMarch 19, 2009
I must conclude that throughout the United States this same, and I am going to call a spade a spade, red lining is occurring.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Editor's note · Context

Norton addresses systemic issues of redlining in procurement processes.

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